themoken

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[–] themoken@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago

This. So much this. I hate what Discovery did with S31. The Federation isn't the Federation with an official black ops gestapo running around.

Also, I love Michelle Yeoh but I am way more interested in the Capt. Georgiou we missed out on than the genocidal maniac Empress we got.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel guilty about it, but I appreciate the monthly pass. I played EUIV for exactly one month, at a total cost of like $7 (got the base game for free at some point) with all the bells and whistles. It seemed like a good compromise because you'd have to pay it for years at this point to cover the DLC out right, but it is a disgusting level of rent seeking behavior.

Now it bothers me that I'd need to put another $7-$10 into the machine to access those saves, but not as much as if I'd throw down hundreds of dollars on it to own the content for a 10 year old game.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago

I love that this exists and I think I know what I'm getting my wife for Christmas

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

In Cogenitor, Starfleet wouldn't get very far if it had to roll up to every first contact demanding a species conform to human morality. It has to take a neutral position or first contact becomes an ultimatum. That doesn't mean Starfleet is pro-slavery, it just means it recognizes that it's not in a position to force that change on a species it met five seconds ago. Now if the species was trying to join the Federation (down the line) obviously that's a different story...

The Orion episode too... Uh, weren't the "slaves" actually just pirates? Can we trust anything said when it was just a setup to steal the ship? Not to mention that just because a character says something doesn't make it true or reflect the morality of the show/writers. Maybe that Orion is just an idiot or rationalizing his shitty behavior...

[–] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have a few hundred, but 5500? Sheeeit. The game is definitely evergreen though.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Enterprise doesn't deserve to be in that list. It may not have been everyone's cup of tea, but it's way closer to the other series than Discovery or Picard.

Also, uh, sibling sex and pro-slavery comments? I must have missed those episodes.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Can't wait for the expansion, 10/21. I've been putting off a new play through for it, and Wube always puts in so much polish (as the FFFs show).

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

So you're right that this is a bit arbitrary because the line between the standard lib and the language is blurry, but someone writing Rust is going to expect Vec to work, it doesn't even require an extra "use" to get it.

Perhaps a better core example would be operator overloading (or really any place using traits). When looking at "a + b" in Rust you have to be aware that, depending on the types involved, that could mean anything.

Anyway, I love Rust, it just doesn't have the 1:1 relationship with the assembly output that C basically still has.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago

Huh weird, these pull requests just magically accepted themselves

[–] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Rust can create native binaries but I wouldn't call it close to the metal like C. It's certainly possible to bootstrap from assembly to Rust but, unlike C, every operation doesn't have a direct analog to an assembly operation. For example Rust needs to be able to dynamically allocate memory for all of its syntax to be intact.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you see they were in danger from the Vietnam draft, doesn't take empathy to act in self interest.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago

Just hold your ground and keep reading your book, eating alone etc. If someone enters personal territory, shut it down by being honest "I don't want to talk about that" and move on. Resist peer pressure and be who you are, it's the same as it was in school.

Also, talk to your coworkers (I know it's hard) about whether they think it's appropriate. You have an impression they're on board with this level of "intimacy" but it's possible they are just going along to get along.

If persisting doesn't work then it's probably time to find another job. Plenty of workplaces out there that just want you to do your job and no more.

HR is definitely not on your side either, unless you can point to specific violations of policy. They exist specifically to cover their own ass, not to actually make your life better.

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